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Catching fire : how cooking made us human

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Catching fire : how cooking made us human

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Eating customs -- History, Cooking -- History, Food habits, Fire, Roasting (Cooking), Roasting (Cooking) -- History, Prehistoric peoples -- Food, Hearths, Prehistoric, Fire -- History, Food habits -- History
Publisher
New York : Basic Books
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marygrovecollege; internetarchivebooks; americana; printdisabled
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Internet Archive
Language
English
Item Size
712.9M
v, 309 pages ; 22 cm

In this stunningly original book, renowned primatologist Richard Wrangham argues that "cooking" created the human race. At the heart of "Catching Fire" lies an explosive new idea: The habit of eating cooked rather than raw food permitted the digestive tract to shrink and the human brain to grow, helped structure human society, and created the male-female division of labor

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-287) and index

Special Commendation Prize, André Simon Food and Drink Book Awards

Notes

back cover too close to the gutter

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urn:oclc:record:537783328[WorldCat (this item)]
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urn:lcp:catchingfirehowc0000wran:epub:2646de0a-f6a7-43bf-88f7-fa3ac5948767
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1652
Isbn
9780465013623
0465013627
9780465020416
0465020410
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